Thoughts on lighted nocks

[LongbowArchitect]

I started using lighted nocks 2 years ago for elk hunting. I first experimented with one red Nockturnal and one green Nockturnal at the local 3D range (similar thick forest to where I hunt elk). I was surprised to find that the green Nockturnal was MUCH more visible to my eyes than the red Nockturnal so I went with green. I have since shot 2 elk with them. It is fun to see my arrow easily as it arcs toward my elk and where it hits. They are also great for finding my arrow after a pass-thru. I cannot see any difference in my arrow flight compared to regular nocks.

[Friend]

Have often found discerning a mark as compromised when shooting thru mesh. A lighted nock resolves the issue.

[creekwood]

I have to think that the people that say that a lighted nock is not "traditional" are the same people that follow up a night time blood trail carrying a burning fire torch, no battery flashlights allowed don't ya know.    

[Charlie Lamb]

I shot a buck this year and the arrow had penetrated almost up to the fletch. I could see the yellow fletch as he made his death run and the arrow waved around.

I couldn't find the arrow that day and it was only later that I found it after a careful search of the buck's travel path.

As it was I was unsure of the exact shot and let the animal layover night. Having a lighted nock I could have found the arrow that day and the blood sign it provided would have taken me to him that same evening.

[monterey]

Can they be used on woodies?

[anatone hunter]

If a "cute gadget" helps me recover my late afternoon deer before the coyotes eat it, then I sure am gonna keep using them. Where I hunt, if you don't recover that late afternoon deer you just arrowed within 15 minutes, you will only recover fur and bones. Lighted nocks help more than any other alternative.

[Charlie Lamb]

either carbon or certain aluminums